Intensive investigation of a selected topic or problem in Arabic linguistics, philology, literature, or literary culture.

This course will give graduate students an opportunity to explore thoroughly a major issue or phenomenon in the larger context of Arabic literary culture or linguistics and to examine its ramifications and implications. The objective is to provide a well-defined area of concentrated literary/cultural or linguistic study and invite the investigation of a specific scholarly problem through the application of appropriate research skills and methodological approaches.

Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 16 cr hrs.